2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2011–12 season
Manager	Marco Kurz (until 20 March) Krasimir Balakov (from 22 March until 17 May)
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB Pokal	Third round

The 2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 112th season in club history.

Season summary

Kaiserlautern finished the season in 18th place, and were relegated. Manager Marco Kurz had been sacked in March and replaced by Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov as a last roll of the dice, but to no avail. Balakov was sacked himself and replaced by former Sturm Graz manager Franco Foda.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Tobias Sippel 2 DF  CZE Jan Šimůnek 3 DF  DEN Leon Jessen 4 MF  POL Ariel Borysiuk 6 DF  GER Mathias Abel 7 MF  GER Oliver Kirch 8 MF  GER Christian Tiffert 9 FW  ISR Itay Shechter 10 MF  TUR Olcay Şahan[notes 1] 11 FW  GER Sandro Wagner (on loan from Werder Bremen) 13 MF  GRE Thanos Petsos[notes 2] (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 16 FW  GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu 17 DF  GER Alexander Bugera 19 MF  GER Denis Linsmayer 20 DF  BRA Rodnei 21 MF  GER Pierre de Wit

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  DEN Nicolai Jørgensen (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 23 DF  GER Florian Dick 24 DF  BRA Lucas Rocha (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 25 DF  ALG Antar Yahia[notes 3] 26 MF  GER Steven Zellner 27 GK  AUT Marco Knaller 28 MF  GRE Kostas Fortounis 29 GK  GER Kevin Trapp 30 MF  CMR Dorge Kouemaha (on loan from Club Brugge) 31 FW  POL Jakub Świerczok 32 GK  GER Marius Müller 33 DF  GER Dominique Heintz 34 DF  GER Willi Orban[notes 4] 35 FW  GER Julian Derstroff 37 FW  GER Andrew Wooten[notes 5]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  GER Bastian Schulz (to RB Leipzig) 5 DF  GER Martin Amedick (to Eintracht Frankfurt) 11 FW  BUL Iliyan Mitsanski (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) 14 MF  ISR Gil Vermouth (on loan to De Graafschap) 15 MF  AUT Clemens Walch (on loan to Dynamo Dresden)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ALG Chadli Amri[notes 6] (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) 19 MF  CZE Jiří Bílek (to Zagłębie Lubin) 22 MF  CRO Ivo Iličević[notes 7] (to Hamburg) 25 MF  CRO Stiven Rivić (released) 32 FW  SVK Adam Nemec (to FC Ingolstadt 04)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

Main article: 2011–12 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC Augsburg	34	8	14	12	36	49	−13	38
15	Hamburger SV	34	8	12	14	35	57	−22	36
16	Hertha BSC (R)	34	7	10	17	38	64	−26	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Köln (R)	34	8	6	20	39	75	−36	30	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	1. FC Kaiserslautern (R)	34	4	11	19	24	54	−30	23

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

References

1. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2011/12".

Notes

1. Şahan was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
2. Petsos was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
3. Yahia was born in Mulhouse, France.
4. Orban was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally and made his international debut for Hungary in 2018.
5. Wooten was born in Bamberg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and would make his international debut for the United States in October 2015.
6. Amri was born in Saint-Avold, France.
7. Iličević was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

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